Caring Valley

Our Webkinz Insider members who enjoyed the Marshmallow Collection event earlier this summer in July, will like this one too. Since fall is quickly approaching, it's now time to collect acorns! The Acorn Collection event will last for the entire month of September. You must collect 40 acorns to get the grand prize of an Ancient Oak Sapling.

To get started, find the acorn symbol in the lower right corner of your Webkinz World room:

Click on it to open the acorn screen. You can ask up to 10 friends per day for an acorn, but only the first 5 will count. You also get an extra acorn just for showing up. There is also a floaty-clicky event in Webkinz Newz where you can get another acorn per day; do this one before asking your 10 friends so that it will count. As you collect acorns, you will get the Fallen Leaves Headband, the Green Oak Leaf Chair, the Blue Fall Season Window and finally a customisable Ancient Oak Sapling. This tree was first introduced in the Caring Valley program in August 2009.

Ganz has announced that the Webkinz Grey Langur is going to be the Pet of the Month for January 2012. All Grey Langur owners will be able to participate in special activities during January. Players who adopt new Grey Langurs during January will also receive a Pet of the Month Loot Bag with an exclusive item that can't be obtained anywhere else.

In other news, Ganz has announced that they will be releasing a Caring Valley-tagged Arctic Fox for December. Remember, it's the month that you enter your Caring Valley code that determines what type of tree you get, not the pet the tag is attached to.

Both plushies, and all of the December 2011 Webkinz, will be available for pre-order at Webkinz Insider's partner store, Ameriwade, Starting on Thursday, October 27. Don't forget that Ameriwade features $5 flat-rate shipping to the USA and Canada, shoppers who pay with credit cards are not charged until their orders ship, and a portion of every sale made online at www.Ameriwade.com goes to supporting Webkinz Insider.

Thank you to our friends at Ameriwade we can bring you the news that the Pet of the Month for November 2011 is the Webkinz Domino Cat. Domino Cat owners will be able to participate in special POTM activities during the month of November, and players who adopt new Domino Cats during November will receive a special POTM Loot Bag with an Exclusive item that can't be obtained anywhere else. In other news, Ganz is releasing a Caring Valley-tagged Orca Whale for October 2011.

Do you need to pick up a Domino Cat or Orca Whale for your Webkinz family? Please consider shopping at Ameriwade, Webkinz Insider's partner store. Ameriwade features $5 flat-rate shipping to the USA and Canada, no matter how large your order is, and a portion of every sale made online at www.Ameriwade.com goes to supporting Webkinz Insider.

If you were hoping to add one of the September Webkinz to your collection, you may want to consider placing a pre-order with your local retailer. The news has come in from our Retail Partner, Ameriwade, that Ganz has once again reduced the inventory of plushie pets. Ganz is only allowing retailers to order a handful of each plushie per location. This may not be as noticable at larger chains, who can shuffle their inventories around, but smaller chains, and single stores, are feeling the pinch.

As a result, Ameriwade will only be able to pre-sell three of the September plushies: the Signature Black Footed Ferret, the Webkinz Black Cat (October POTM), and Caring Valley-tagged Webkinz Dachshunds. The Ameriwade pre-sale is expected to begin later today. Remember, Ameirwade features $5 flat-rate shipping, customers who pay with credit cards aren't charged until their orders ship, and a portion of every sale made online at www.Ameriwade.com goes to supporting Webkinz Insider.

Ameriwade features $5 flat-rate shipping, customers who pay with credit cards are not charged until their orders ship, and a portion of every sale made online at www.Ameriwade.com goes to supporting Webkinz Insider.

Ameriwade has made the decision to NOT pre-sell the Petal Puppy, Sun Bear, or Mohawk Monkey. Their official statement is as follows: "At this time we are not Pre Selling any other July releases due to Ganz cutting all the dealers order[s] short". As you may remember from our report last week, Ganz is only allowing retailers to order three each of these plushies per location.

Thank you to Webkinz Insider member Miss Willow for alerting us to a change in the graphics of the November 2010 Caring Valley Tree. When the Healthy Harvest Hawthorne Tree was added to Webkinz World on Monday morning, it had three different bases for players to choose from: Scarecrow, Pumpkin Patch, and Farmer's Market (shown above).

As of this morning, those three bases now all have the same Scarecrow (shown on the left). At this point it is not clear why Ganz made the change, and it is unknown if they have any plans to change things back. Some of you may remember that Ganz did the same thing in April 2010 with the Webkinz Willow Tree.

Thanks to our WI members for alerting us to a new click to win Webkinz Newz contest this weekend!

This Caring Valley Weekend WW will be focusing on the ‘Caring Round The World’ area of the Caring Valley, which currently features the “Touching Tiny Lives Foundation”. Visit Webkinz newz from Oct. 9 at 12am kinztime through Oct. 10 at 11:59pm to enter. Watch for a floating haunted Hickory for a chance to win either a Haunted hickory tree or special recipe food!

To learn more and for official rules visit the Webkinz Newz announcement page here.

As you will recall we had a bizarre event occur before the Peek-A-Newz challenge a couple of days ago. People were clicking on floating objects only to receive a notification that they had won the Midnight Magnolia Caring Valley tree or the recipe, Whirlawisk.

Today, that mystery was solved by Webkinz Newz. It is Caring Valley Weekend and they are honoring Ronald McDonald House Charities. Click on floating objects Sept. 11th 12:00am EST til Sept 12th 11:59pm EST to win either a Midnight Magnolia tree or a Recipe Whirlawisk.

Ronald McDonald House provides a great place for parents and family to stay while they have sick family members in the hospital. It keeps them closer to their family. Ronald McDonald Care Mobile(tm) programs ensure that children get oral and medical attention to keep them healthy.

It's nearly the first of the month, and a new month means new Webkinz World activities:

Pet of the Month Ribbons - On the 1st and 15th of every month, floating Pet of the Month Ribbons come to Webkinz World. Click on a blue ribbon to get a chocolate version to feed to your pet. (Note: Some of you have been asking when the Caring Valley leaves we saw in January are going to return. At this point we do not have any new information.)

Caring Valley Tree - Players entering feature codes off of green Caring Valley tags and planting the required number of saplings in September will receive a Sporty Spruce Tree to customize and place in their Webkinz' yards.

Zodiac Pet- The next eStore Zodiac pet is going to be the Libra Eagle. According to the Webkinz Creative Director, "Libra=Scales. Scales=Justice. Eagle=Justice." We don't yet know what this pet is going to look like, but we will bring you a picture as soon as it is available.

Deluxe Membership - Players who have signed up for Deluxe Memberships (not counting the $2/month version) will receive a Deluxe Gift Box in September containing a Dare Devil Jumpsuit. Don't forget that a brand new Deluxe Membership option for families will debut at the eStore on the 31st of August.

Fall Fest - For the past two years, floating Fall leaves have come to Webkinz World in September. (Three years ago they arrived in October.) Will this festival be returning for 2010? We'll have to wait and see.